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Employment in services — Cuba

Employment in services in Cuba in 2025 — 67.6%. Ranked 69 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 14.3 pp.

2025 67.6% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 69of 182
Period maximum 67.6%2025
Period minimum 53.1%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Cuba, 1991–2025505560657019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 53.2%1992: 53.1%1993: 53.9%1994: 56%1995: 56.4%1996: 56.4%1997: 56.4%1998: 57%1999: 57.6%2000: 57.6%2001: 58.1%2002: 58.1%2003: 58.1%2004: 59.4%2005: 60.6%2006: 61.8%2007: 63.2%2008: 63.3%2009: 63.7%2010: 64.3%2011: 63.2%2012: 61.6%2013: 64.2%2014: 64.2%2015: 64.6%2016: 64.9%2017: 65.1%2018: 65.5%2019: 65.9%2020: 66.3%2021: 66.4%2022: 66.8%2023: 66.8%2024: 67.2%2025: 67.6%
Change over the period: +14.3 pp Annual average: 0.42 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cuba

Cuba 67.6%
World 50.6%
Latin America & Caribbean 66.8%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 52.9%
Employment in services — Cuba, by year Cuba All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 67.6 +0.4 pp
2024 67.2 +0.4 pp
2023 66.8 −0 pp
2022 66.8 +0.4 pp
2021 66.4 +0.1 pp
2020 66.3 +0.4 pp
2019 65.9 +0.5 pp
2018 65.5 +0.3 pp
2017 65.1 +0.3 pp
2016 64.9 +0.3 pp
2015 64.6 +0.4 pp
2014 64.2 +0 pp
2013 64.2 +2.6 pp
2012 61.6 −1.6 pp
2011 63.2 −1.1 pp
2010 64.3 +0.6 pp
2009 63.7 +0.4 pp
2008 63.3 +0.1 pp
2007 63.2 +1.4 pp
2006 61.8 +1.2 pp
2005 60.6 +1.2 pp
2004 59.4 +1.3 pp
2003 58.1 +0 pp
2002 58.1 −0 pp
2001 58.1 +0.6 pp
2000 57.6 +0 pp
1999 57.6 +0.6 pp
1998 57 +0.6 pp
1997 56.4 −0 pp
1996 56.4 −0 pp
1995 56.4 +0.4 pp
1994 56 +2.1 pp
1993 53.9 +0.8 pp
1992 53.1 −0.1 pp
1991 53.2 —

Caribbean, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

BS Bahamas 84.4 PR Puerto Rico 84.1 BB Barbados 82.6 VI United States Virgin Islands 81.9 LC Saint Lucia 76.3 DO Dominican Republic 74 TT Trinidad and Tobago 71.3 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 69.8 JM Jamaica 68.9 CU Cuba 67.6 HT Haiti 44.6
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About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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The contribution of trade, transport, finance, IT and public administration to value added.

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The share of workers employed in mining, manufacturing, utilities and construction.

Cuba by year Labor Employment in agriculture

The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Cuba by year Labor Unemployment rate

The share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.

Cuba by year Labor Youth unemployment

The unemployment rate at ages 15–24 — almost always two to three times the overall rate.

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